1.1 Welcome to Fanshawe College
Congratulations on your decision to attend Fanshawe College!
We know that college is not mandatory and it is not free. You have made a choice to commit your time to earn a certificate, diploma, degree, or trade and many of you have had to work hard to get here.
We are all at different places in our lives with different goals, skills, and abilities, but regardless of your past experiences, your future success at at Fanshawe will be the direct result of your commitment, focus, and effort.
Like everything else in life that leads to meaningful results, success is not automatic. There will be a lot of things demanding your time; classes, homework, studying, work, family, friends, health and wellness and you may feel overwhelmed at times.
This resource is designed to help you:
- Identify what you want to get out of college (your GOAL).
- Identify some strategies to help you reach your goal (your PLAN).
- Identify and apply what steps you need to take to execute this plan (your ACTION).
Pre-Health Perspective
In the context of preparing for a career in healthcare, this resource will also help you:
- Apply your knowledge to prepare for your career in healthcare
- Identify key skills required for success in the healthcare career of your choice
You have a lot at stake and that is where this resource can help!
It’s very important to take this year to look at yourself as a learner, as somebody in the educational setting what works best for me.
Critical thinking is another thing that has really helped me in my job with Pre-Health Science you really see it kick up a notch when it comes to being able to prioritize all of the different responsibilities you have.
You need to be able to communicate effectively what you can and cannot do, and know that you are always going to the same end goals as your partner in that situation whether it be your co-worker, your superior, your patient, your teacher, and be … open and honest and a good communicator.
Bailey McCabe – Fanshawe Instructor, Medical Radiation Technologist, Pre-Health Science Graduate
What Students Say
Video: “This is POSSIBILITY” By Fanshawe College [2:40] Transcript Available.
“1.0 Introduction – Welcome to Fanshawe College” from Fanshawe SOAR by Kristen Cavanagh is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
